Kazimierz Sosnkowski

Kazimierz Sosnkowski (19 November 1885-11 October 1969) was a Lieutenant-General of the Polish Army who served as General Inspector of the Polish Armed Forces from 1943 to 1944, succeeding Wladyslaw Sikorski and preceding Tadeusz Bor-Komorowski.

Biography
Kazimierz Sosnkowski was born on 19 November 1885 in Warsaw, Congress Poland, Russian Empire. He was involved in secret youth organizations during the early 20th century, and he helped in the creation of the Union of Active Struggle in 1908. During the Polish-Soviet War, Sosnkowski served as the Deputy Minister for Military Affairs in the Polish Second Republic from 1920 to 1923 during the war with the Soviet Union. In 1939, he led the southern armies during the invasion of Poland against the Soviets and Nazi Germany, he crossed out of Poland through Hungary and to France, where he went into exile. Sosnkowski was made Commander-in-Chief of the Polish Army in 1943 after Wladyslaw Sikorski's death, but in September 1944 Prime Minister Winston Churchill secured his demotion. He died in exile in Arundel, Quebec in 1969.